In 1992, Vikernes was behind three church arsons in Norway.

He was arrested a few days later and, in May 1994, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for both the murder and the church arsons.

Price arrested the three workers, allegedly for suspicion of having been involved in a church arson, and locked them in the county jail.

The act was passed by Congress in 1996 after a wave of church arsons nationwide, some of which were racially motivated.

Vikernes was arrested within days, and a few months later he was sentenced to 21 years in prison for both the murder and church arsons.

It investigates hate crimes, church arsons and vandalism of synagogues.

Last week, the House unanimously passed a bill that would make it easier to pursue cases of church arson.

White was touched by the African American church arson scares during the mid-1990s.

About the time he joined the National Council in 1995, he learned that the center had detected a surge in church arsons.

The following is a partial list of the church arsons: